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Patented Aug. l1|l868.

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N. PETERS. PHOIU-LITNDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

CLARK S. HUTGHINSON, OF BURLINGTON, NEWJERSEY.

' Letters Patent No. 80,740, dated August 4, 1868.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOB. DIS'IILLING SPIRITS.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT WAY GONCERN:

Be it; known that I, CLARK S. HUTCHINSON, of Burlington, in the State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new Improvements 'in Apparatus for theDistillation of Spirits; and I do hereby declare the following is a;full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaecompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof the shelves in an upright condensing-apparatus, and also inthe poolsconnected therewith for the extraction of the fusel-oill, and also inthe construction of 'the pipevand doubler leading from the still t o thecondenser, by means of which apparatus the liquors can be proudueed ofdiiferept qualities, from high to low, and also a superior quality atone distillation.,

Figure 1 is a general section through the apparatus. Y

Figure 2 is a cross-section through the condenser.

Figure 3 is one side ofthe interior of the condenser.

Figure 4 shows the other side of the condenser. p

A is` the still, which 'contains the wash to be evaporated. The spirit,las it rises from lthe still, passes up the pipe B, on its way to thecondenser C. l In the said pipe, and between it and the condenser, isthe doubler, M, made with two s'hortpipes ml and m2, descending to' areceptacle, VA valve is placed between the said pipes, to `throw thevapor either up into the condenser, or' down into ithe receptacle N. Aslong as the liquor which runs from the still is alfine liquor, the vaporpasses direct into the condenser.. When the still runs a lowwine, thespirit from the lower pipes g g is returned to the doubler, either byconnecting the pipe g with'the pipe R, or by stopping up pipe g', andallowing the overflow of the pools tov return the spirits or feintstothe doubler direct by the main pipe. vThe valve p being thenclosed,'the hot vapor is turned down pipe m2, and passing through theliquid collected inN, boils it and refevaporates it, the vapor rising uppipe to the condenser. Tbe spirit thus collected in doubler M is therebyprevented from returning to the still. When the process is complete, theplug or cock S is opened, to draw oli` the liquid in the doubler. i

The condenser C is made upright, with'two flat sides,"c l e2, a shortdistance from each other, and forming a closed box, which is-surroundedby water, w. 'To each of -these sides. are secured shelves, d d CE1 d2,slanting upwards, as shown vin section, iig. 2, andcoming downto apoint, as shown, figs. 3 and4`. These shelves on the side c1 are alittle higher than those on the Aside e2, so that they alternatelyoverlap each other, :and catch all the spirit which may be condensed.`This spirit runs through an orifice into the short spout e, and fromthence v into the pools n, at the bottom ofthe shelves cZ, on theopposite sid'e c2. At the bottom of these pools-is a small opening,connecting with the-pipes g g', on the exterior of the condenser. Thelower pipeg is on a level with the opening, and it is connected with theupper pipe, g, by a short pipe, k.

Thelower pipe, g, is stopped witlra plug or tap, It. The spirit whichfalls upon the two upper shelves is thus collected in the upper pool,and rises Ain the said pool until it is high enough to overflow down the.pipe g,'

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Thefusel-,oil being lighter than the spirit, floats onthe surface ofthespirit, as shown by the red color,'a.nd

is thus prevented from fiowing with the spirit, which can only escapethrough the lower orifice, and up the short ,siret- After the spirit isall run off, the oil can be drawn oifby the cock or plug v7c, in thelower pipo. This makes `a spirit of better lavoring, by removing theobnoxious-portion ofthe fusel-oil. Instead ofthe poolbeing inside of thecondenser, it might bc outside, and the same principle adapted vofdrawing the spiritfrom the bottom ofv the pool. Each of the three poolsshownvin fig. 2 is similar, but each collectsa dilerentlquality ofspirit, according to its height in the condenser. The pipe T is slightlystopped with a cork, and operates as a safetyvalve for the 'escape ofvapor from the top ot' condenser.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.is-

1. The dat upright condenser C, having arranged within it the shelves d1di, overlapping each other, and

shaped as described, with outlets for the escape of spirits of di'erentgrades, substantially as shown-and described.

2.l The pools nl, either inside or outside of the condenser C, incombination with the outlet-pipes g y', arranged and operatingsubstantially as described.

3. The doubler M, constructed as'described, between `the still and thecondenser, having the two pipes, ml mf, intermediate valve p, andinlet-pipe R, and operating substantially as shown and described.

4. The arrangement and combination of the condenser with its shelves-1d2, the pool "n,V with its exit-pipes g g and the doubler M, connectedand operating in conjunction,as described. i

' C. S. HU-TCHINSON.

Witnesses:

EDWn. BROWN, WM. L. AUSTIN.

